The parents of 28-year-old Sandeep Kumar (name changed) are upset, as even after two years of marriage of his son they haven't become grandparents. They took their son and daughter-in-law to Delhi Diabetes Research Centre (DDRC) on Wednesday for check-up.
Dr A K Jhingan, the chairman of DDRC, after check-ups said, "The couple after their honeymoon, didn't spend good time together. Both have long working hours and after returning home they are too tired to have a good sex."

Sandip, a company secretary and his wife, a chartered accountant, are working couple and have very little time for sex. Like Sandeep, there are thousands of working professionals whose fast-paced lifestyle is not giving enough space to relax.

The present working generation is more prone to diseases like diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. One of the reasons behind these growing lifestyle diseases people failure to recognise the importance of resorting to healthy living.

"Getting up late, improper eating habits, smoking, long hours in front of computer screens and late night bouts of drinking is ruining my body. I am unable to concentrate on anything," says Arun Goel, a working professional in Noida.

"Now people don't have time to eat proper meals. All these factors are lead to disturbances in digestion and adds obesity, which decreases the pleasure of sex," said Dr Jitender, an alumni of MAMC.

Interpersonal relations

One of the growing concern of this young professional's culture is impairment of inter-personal relationship. They hardly get any time for relaxing. The travel time on bikes and cars leaves professionals fatigue. As both partners have different priorities so this sexual relationship gets a back seat.

"A human body has a set body clock and hormones are set accordingly. Like the present practice, when a person works in odd hours, his body suffers a major hormonal changes. As a result his system gets disturbed, including the sexual performance of city men," said Dr Surender Kumar, endocrinologist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

"The disturbances in hormone setting also affects sugar control system and BP control hormone system," added Dr Kumar.

As a result of this lifestyle change large number of working professionals are getting diabetes and hypertension, both contribute for sexual disfunction. In diabetes it has been observed that the incidence of sexual disorder varies from 35 to 65 percent. Persons who take medicines for high blood pressure, they can also cause decrease the sexual performance.

On the top of it, the regular and excessive take of alcohol can further decrease the sexual performance. These problems can create depression and can affect their relationship adversely.

The good news is all these factors which lead to these problems are modifiable. Regular exercise, meditation and yoga, reduction of weight can help in controlling diabetes and a high blood pressure to great extent.